Arlene Foster will step down as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on 28 May and as First Minister at the end of June. … Read more
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Professor Whitman comments on the significance of Boris Johnson’s redecoration.
“Yes, its a storm in a teacup but storms-in-teacups can have significant political ramifications.” Professor Richard Whitman, Professor of Politics and International Relations joined BBC … Read more
Why Joe Biden will not change Palestinian lives.
During his election campaign, Biden reiterated his proclivity for a two-state solution and promised to reopen the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) mission in Washington, DC, … Read more
How would Scottish independence effect UK global reputation?
“Following Brexit, the UK has been weakened on the international stage, as its foreign policy tilts to the Indo-Pacific and it risks playing a lesser … Read more
Mike Pence memoir, setting the agenda for a Presidency campaign in 2024?
Andy Wroe comments in Newsweek on the likliehood of former Vice President Mike Prence emerging unscathed from Trump’s shadow to mount a Presidential bid of … Read more
Professor Whitman discusses the Integrated Review on Chatham House Podcast ‘Undercurrents’.
The UK government published its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy on 16th March 2021. The document states what Britain envisions its … Read more
Hollie Mackenzie wins Best Thesis in Political Theory 2020!
‘A Schizo-Revolutionary Labial Art-Politics’ has won the Sir Ernest Barker Prize for best doctoral thesis in political theory from the Political Studies Association. Hollie Mackenzie … Read more
‘Sound and Sense: Phonology and Human Difference in late Ming China’
Professor Leigh Jenco, from the London School of Economics examines some unusual sources of political thinking in the Ming dynasty of the late 16th and … Read more
UKC Politics Society welcomes Jess Phillips MP
Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, Jess Phillips MP will join the Politics Society for an open Q&A session about everything from the future … Read more
Richard Whitman provides expert commentary on this week’s governmental review on UK Security.
“Although the UK’s continuing commitment to Europe’s security and defence is predominant in the document, broader ambitions for the UK in Europe and especially its … Read more